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The Networking element of SYNTHESYS aims to raise scientists' awareness of best practice in handling and sampling collections by offering improved training and workshop opportunities, and guidelines for the care, storage and conservation of collections. It will create an integrated European resource; bringing together the biological and geological collections held by major natural history museums and other institutions. SYNTHESYS, through its Networking Activities (NAs) will ensure that our collections and knowledge are shared and used to the maximum benefit of all; it will allow the partnership institutions to set the highest possible standards in collection care and take on the responsibility for ensuring their long-term availability. The NAs will broaden and deepen the relationship between all natural history facilities in Europe. Directors of all CETAF (Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities) facilities will be encouraged to use the knowledge, best practice and standards created in these NAs. Co-operation from natural history institutions in states outside the members of the Union will be sought, to ensure that best practise and standards for collection management and access are developed on a global basis. There are five technical NAs and one management NA, led by the Natural History Museum, London. If you would like more information about the technical NAs, please click on the links below or email: synthesys@nhm.ac.uk NA D: Developing and Maintaining Databases NA E: Developing Storage and Retrieval Systems for New Types of Collections NA F: Implementation of Novel and Physical Analytical Methods in collections |
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